Rather than simply changing a component or module to be installed, a conveyance speed of a conveyance means for conveying a workpiece is modified in response to the specifications of a product when a product with specifications modified in part from common specifications of mass produced products is added to the mass produced products. Furthermore, a condition wherein the speed of the conveyance means is modified in accordance with specifications is displayed in real time such that a worker can identify the condition.
Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. An assembly method for a motor vehicle comprising: disposing one workpiece to be assembled into a motor vehicle on a rotating assembly stand, advancing an assembly operation of the workpiece while delivering a module onto the rotating assembly stand from a module supply area set up at a circumference of the rotating assembly stand, and performing an assembly operation of the workpiece to a prescribed level during one of a plurality of prescribed rotation speed modes of the rotating assembly stand, wherein the rotation speed modes are programmed in accordance with specifications of an individual motor vehicle being assembled and is selected during conveyance of the workpiece on the rotating assembly stand and the mode is controlled during the course of one rotation based on the specification of the motor vehicle.
2. The assembly method of claim 1 , wherein the rotating assembly stand is disc shaped.
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